Key Fundamental Forex Events for the Week of December 21st through December 25th
The following table lists the key economic data and other events that came out during the week of December 21st through December 25th, with release times displayed for the GMT time zone.
The list also indicates how much each release deviated from the market consensus forecast upon release, as well as what the affected major currency pair or pairs did after each event or set of events.
Sunday, December 20th
All Day EUR Spanish Parliamentary Election: The PP or People’s Party won the most parliamentary seats with 123 or 28.7% followed by the PSOE, the Spanish Socialist Party with 22.0%, Podemos Party with 69 seats and 20.7%, Ciudadanos Party with 40 seats and 13.9% with other parties obtaining 26 seats and 7.1% of the vote. The currency rose.
Tuesday, December 22nd
9:30am GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing 13.6B versus 11.9B expected. The currency fell.
1:30pm USD Final GDP 2.0% versus 1.9% expected. The currency fell.
3:00pm USD Existing Home Sales 4.76M versus 5.32M expected. The currency fell.
9:45pm NZD Trade Balance -779M versus -812M expected. The currency rose.
Wednesday, December 23rd
All Day JPY Bank Holiday
12:50am USD Personal Spending 0.3% versus 0.3% expected. The currency rose.
8:00am CHF KOF Economic Barometer 96.6 versus 98.9 expected. The currency rose.
9:30am GBP Current Account -17.5B versus -21.3B expected. The currency rose.
9:30am GBP Final GDP 0.4% versus 0.5% expected. The currency rose.
1:30pm CAD Core Retail Sales 0.0% versus last -0.4%. The currency fell.
1:30pm CAD GDP 0.0% versus last -0.5%. The currency fell.
1:30pm CAD Retail Sales 0.1% versus last -0.4%. The currency fell.
1:30pm USD Core Durable Goods Orders -0.1% versus 0.1% expected. The currency rose.
1:30pm USD Core PCE Price Index 0.1% versus 0.1% expected. The currency rose.
1:30pm USD Durable Goods Orders 0.0% versus -0.6% expected. The currency rose.
3:00pm USD New Home Sales 490K versus 507K expected. The currency rose.
3:00pm USD Revised University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment 92.6 versus 92.1 expected. The currency rose.
3:30pm USD Crude Oil Inventories -5.9M versus 1.4M expected. The currency rose.
11:50pm JPY Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes noted that,
“Members shared the view that global financial markets had been stable on the whole as investors' risk aversion, which had been observed at one time, had abated somewhat. Many members -- while noting that expectations for a possible hike in the target range for the federal funds rate in the United States by the end of 2015 had increased again, mainly reflecting stronger-than-expected employment statistics for October expressed the view that the markets' response had been calm.”
The currency fell.
Thursday, December 24th
All Day EUR German Bank Holiday
1:30pm USD Weekly Initial Jobless Claims 267K versus 270K expected. The currency fell.
All Day NZD Bank Holiday
All Day AUD Bank Holiday
11:30pm JPY Household Spending -2.9% versus -2.1% expected. The currency fell.
11:30pm JPY Tokyo Core CPI 0.1% versus 0.1% expected. The currency fell.
Friday, December 25th
All Day CHF Bank Holiday
All Day EUR French Bank Holiday
All Day EUR German Bank Holiday
All Day EUR Italian Bank Holiday
All Day GBP Bank Holiday
All Day CAD Bank Holiday
All Day USD Bank Holiday
Technical Recap for the Majors This Week
Forecast: Lower
Actual: Higher from a 1.08498 open to a 1.09533 close.
Forecast: Higher
Actual: Lower from a 121.224 open to 120.316 close.
Forecast: Lower
Actual: Higher from a 1.48975 open to a 1.4940 close.
Forecast: Lower
Actual: Higher from a 0.71598 open to 0.72663 close.
Forecast: Higher
Actual: Lower from a 1.39348 open to a 1.38431 close.
Forecast: Mildly Lower
Actual: Higher from a 0.67185 open to a 0.6834 close.
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